Example sentences of "[verb] off to [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally they are ambushed and taken prisoner by the enemy ( the former lager-louts risen from the dead and now wearing masks ) ; Hadfield goes catatonic with terror , and is solicitously carried off to re-education in the jungle . |
| 2 | Then she was whisked off to lunch at the clubhouse . |
| 3 | After Ken went , they drove off to Hornsey in the ambulance and stopped first for a Chinese meal — much against Lou 's wishes ; she does n't like Chinese — followed by a session at the pub . |
| 4 | I tell you I do n't , did n't realise that er Paul and Charlene have said er they can move in by June the second all you 've got ta do is dump everything in there then bugger off to Malaya for the summer and sort out when he gets back ! |
| 5 | Goodwill arising on acquisitions between 1st April 1985 and 31st March 1990 was written off to reserves in the year in which it arose . |
| 6 | Goodwill , which comprises the amount by which the cost of acquiring shares in subsidiaries exceeds the fair value of net assets acquired , is written off to reserves in the year of acquisition . |
| 7 | By the time I was ten , Granpa allowed me to lay out the morning wares on the barrow before going off to school for the day . |
| 8 | Mike , an ex-philosophy student , was going off to Germany in the New Year ; Naomi from Bristol was about to embark on a Museum Studies course at university ; Liane , a weights and measures official , was one of the many volunteers who had helped at Uppark after the fire ; and Hugh , a quantity surveyor currently between jobs , set out to astound us over the next few days with his minimalist clothing ( some ancient jeans which were fashionably ripped at the crotch and a pair of lurid , exceedingly short shorts ) . |
| 9 | Between leaving school and going off to war with the Navy , he had worked on the Sharpness tugs for British Waterways . |
| 10 | I told him we were heading off to France for the weekend . |
| 11 | About 60 members and their friends are heading off to Whitehead for the day and anyone who would like to join them should contact Billy ( tel Belfast 423740 ) for further details . |
| 12 | His own situation as a tame hermit to be shown off to guests by the lady of the house can hardly have suited him . |
| 13 | The Squadron had originated as the idea of a New Englander , Norman Prince , who had learned to fly in Massachusetts in 1914 , and then set off to France with the intention of forming a unit for American volunteer flyers . |
| 14 | But if Montini was so indispensable in the later stages of the pontificate of Pius XII , why was he suddenly packed off to Milan without the cardinal 's hat that routinely went with the office ? |
| 15 | After two more miles , formerly lined with yellow flag iris but now destroyed by ‘ improvements ’ , a side road branches off to Killilan along the beautiful banks of Loch Long . |
| 16 | His broad shoulders and powerful legs were set off to perfection by the excellent cut , while a snow-white silk shirt emphasised his tanned , rugged face . |
| 17 | The number of officers surrounding the house was cut from 30 to 12 , although the area remained sealed off to members of the public and the media . |
| 18 | Course this time next week they will be in Italy as we all go off to Brescia in the er north of the country . |
| 19 | The next morning , after Master had gone off to school for the day , Sergeant decided to pay a visit to Riverbank to see his new friend Anabelle Hedgehog . |
| 20 | Des Walker went off to Italy in the summer then Clough allowed Darren Wassall , another class defender , to drift out of his contract and join Derby . |
| 21 | Paul Crossland went off to France with the money . |
| 22 | While the Collector went off to bed in the middle of the day , Harry made a round of the Residency wheel accompanied by the giant Sikh , Hookum Singh , festooned in lengths of chain . |
| 23 | She went off to Norfolk with the plumber and his other girlfriend and her stepkids , and it did n't work . |
| 24 | Sandys went off to Washington at the end of January to update himself on the latest US operational thinking and advances in weapon technology . |
| 25 | So they all went off to lunch with the mayor , while a messenger was sent to the Registrar of Births , Marriages and Deaths to get the necessary information . |
| 26 | How smart and glamorous they looked when they went off to London in the evenings , Dad in his suits and Eva with shawls and hats and expensive shoes and handbags . |
| 27 | Nor was he at all happy with the idea of me swanning off to France with the Parsons . |
| 28 | I sent , I wrote off to Friends of the Earth , I got a load of information all about the law and she still phones me up and say oh you know what the District Council 's they wo n't do anything and the N R A was n't doing anything . |